The Pulkovo Border-Line

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Fierce fighting with the Nazi army heading for Leningrad raged at the Pulkovo border-line in September of 1941.
A monumental stele rises over a flat ground. It is surrounded with mosaic panels illustrating the life in the city beleaguered by the enemy. Two tanks stand on the same ground surrounded by fir trees. The inscription on a granite board on a metal base reads “This monument to Leningraders, soldiers and militia men, women and children who defended the cradle of the Great October – Leningrad City – in the 900 days’ battle with the Nazi hordes was erected by workers of the Moskovsky District in the year of the 50th anniversary of the Soviet System. October of 1967”.
The monument was inaugurated on October 17, 1967. The monument is 3.85 meters high and 35 meters long.
The first order of the complex was designed by architect Y.N. Lukin and artist A.P. Olkhovich. The Green Belt of Glory